Laid - 26 Mar 2026 In Force 17 Apr 2026
The Merchant Shipping (Watercraft) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/35) provides for certain provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21) (and of instruments made, or treated as made, under that Act) and of the Harbours Act 1964 (c. 40) as they apply in relation to ships to apply, in some …
Laid - 24 Mar 2026 In Force 15 Apr 2026
These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/737) (“the 2022 Regulations”), which implement the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004 (“the Convention”), in two respects. First, they implement an amendment to …
Laid - 24 Mar 2026 In Force 15 Apr 2026
These Regulations prescribe new requirements for the registration of emergency position-indicating radio beacons (“EPIRBs”) and personal locator beacons (“PLBs”) which are carried on, or carried by persons on board, United Kingdom ships and hovercraft.
Laid - 23 Mar 2026 In Force 27 Apr 2026
These Regulations amend the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2864). The effect of the amendment is to require that applications under regulation 31(1)(a) (applications for manoeuvres tests, large vehicle off road manoeuvres tests, practical tests, and unitary tests:applicants in person) for an appointment to take the practical element …
Laid - 19 Mar 2026 In Force 10 Apr 2026
These Regulations amend the Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3372) (“2007 Regulations”). Section 49 of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 introduced the legislative provisions granting Electric Vehicle Charge Point Operators (“EV CPOs”) the legal right to carry out street works using a permit-based system rather than …
Laid - 10 Mar 2026 In Force 1 Apr 2026
These Regulations amend regulation 14(1) of the Seafarers’ Wages Regulations 2024 (the “2024 Regulations”) to increase the hourly rates specified for the purposes of the national minimum wage equivalent. These Regulations come into force on 1st April 2026.
Laid - 2 Mar 2026 In Force Not stated
The United Kingdom is a signatory to the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control which provides an international regime for the enforcement of standards for ship safety, pollution prevention and shipboard living and working conditions.
Laid - 10 Feb 2026 In Force Not stated
These Regulations amend regulations 4 and 8 of the Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/724) which relate to the requirement for train driving licences and certificates and the conditions on which a train driving licence can be issued. Regulations 4 and 8 are secondary assimilated law within …
Laid - 30 Jan 2026 In Force 20 Feb 2026
This Order, made on the application of Dorset Council, relates to Lyme Regis, Bridport (West Bay) and Weymouth harbours. This Order modernises and consolidates the statutory harbour powers applying in relation to Lyme Regis harbour and Bridport (West Bay) harbour (‘the harbours’), and provides for—
Laid - 29 Jan 2026 In Force Not stated
These Regulations revoke, replace and consolidate within a single instrument the legislation that gives effect to Chapter IX of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (the “SOLAS Convention”), requiring compliance by the companies that own, or are responsible for operating, ships with the International Safety …